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(The Center Square) – The average home in California is expected to be valued at more than $1 million by 2030, according to research by RenoFi, an online company that specializes in home loans for renovation projects.
(The Center Square) – State shutdowns resulting from executive orders issued by governors and judges resulted in 40 million job lost nationwide, lost revenue for states, and now “sharp, unpredictable swings in tax collections,” according to a new analysis on the fiscal health of states by Pew Charitable Trusts.
Remember who ran for president and vice president against Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush in 1984? Sitting around our dinner table, it took a while for my kids to answer. In fact, they were stumped. (Thank you, Siri and Google.) Answer: Walter Mondale with Geraldine Ferraro.
With plans to review Alderman Matt Schaeffer's resignation from the Board of Aldermen and to discuss laws related to all-terrain vehicles on Holt city streets at the Wednesday, Oct. 21 meeting, discussions could not progress due to a lack of quorum to legally call the meeting to order. The m…
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Federal and state authorities in Michigan continue to withhold the identity of a North Carolina pastor accused of urinating on a Delta airline passenger on a flight that landed Oct. 12 in Detroit.
Calling Tionna Hairston a survivor may be one of the great understatements of 2020.
According to the Kearney School District official Twitter account, this evening's Kearney High School varsity football game versus Grandview High School has been canceled due to an exposure of COVID-19.
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Salvatore Bonadonna and Abby Cole are Liberty High’s 2020 Homecoming king and queen. They were crowned during halftime Friday, Oct. 9.
(The Center Square) – Most consumers plan to fly internationally and are open to air travel, according to a new survey conducted by OAG, a global travel data provider that says it monitors the world's largest network of schedules and travel status data.
(The Center Square) – October 14, 2020, marks the 40th anniversary of the enactment of the Staggers Rail Act signed by former President Jimmy Carter. The bipartisan legislation primarily deregulated the freight rail sector, which was on the brink of collapse in the 1970s.
Thanks to my father, I’ve always associated morning with the smell of a hot cup of coffee and the rustling sound of newspaper pages.
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SMITHVILLE — Angie Cox is celebrating her first anniversary as owner and primary travel advisor of Solasta Travel, a full-service boutique travel agency in the Northland.
Porter's Ace Hardware had a grand opening for its new location in Smithville Marketplace, 15700 Suite D along North U.S. Highway 169, Thursday, Sept. 24. Taking a new twist on ribbon cutting, this ribbon was cut using a chain saw.
To support local teachers and show appreciation, local owner-operators of McDonald's Great Plains Co-Op are providing free Thank You Meal breakfasts to teachers now through Sept. 25, a press release states.
KEARNEY — As research shows 49% of Americans feel increasingly stressed, frustrated and tense due to the recent coronavirus lockdown, the Kearney Chamber of Commerce has come up with a creative way to help those in the local community get out their frustrations.
The Missouri Department of Economic Development's Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery application cycle is now open. This cycle addresses public infrastructure needs of eligible cities and counties impacted by the presidentially-declared disaster that occurred April 28 to May…
LIBERTY — Feeling stressed in these unpredictable times? Through a partnership with Serenity on the Square, Liberty Parks and Recreation, Human Kind, Villalobos Vitality, and the Wild Gypsy, a chance to learn how recharge will be at Stocksdale Park, 901 S. LaFrenz Road, from 2 to 4 p.m. Satu…
Col. Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, reminds drivers that deer are more active and create hazards for Missouri motorists this time of year.
LIBERTY — This year’s Martha Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary’s Fairy Tale Forest has been altered to fit with the current COVID-19 restrictions.
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KEARNEY — Kearney volleyball won its final five matches of the regular season without dropping a single set.
SMITHVILLE — Smithville volleyball closed out the regular season with a four-match win streak and heads into postseason with a 21-7-1 record.
LIBERTY — Liberty volleyball went 3-0 during the final week of the regular season, capping off an 9-1 stretch since Oct. 13 to head into the postseason with a 17-5 record.
LIBERTY — The William Jewell men's and women's cross country teams took part in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship on Saturday. The championship, which was the only league title award this fall, was split into two races for each of the men and women teams due to COVID-19, with th…
With the regular season completed, Missouri State High School Activities Association officially released the state tournament brackets for football on Saturday.
Liberty North football has made a habit out of needing comebacks and late scores to fuel an extended win streak to end the regular season.
- More than 70% county voter turnout expected
- Constitution passage would add commissioners, get rid 5 other elected offices
- Newcomers face off for state rep. District 16 seat
- Incumbent, challenger vie for state Senate District 17
- Voters to see judges’ names on November ballot
- 2 face off in race for House District 12
- Sheriff candidates talk budget, diversity, use of force
- Assessor candidates discuss how fair market value is reached, oversight of office
- Current clerk, political newcomer vie for eastern county commissioner seat
- Western commissioner candidates agree transparency needed, costly legal contracts must go
Remember who ran for president and vice president against Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush in 1984? Sitting around our dinner table, it took a while for my kids to answer. In fact, they were stumped. (Thank you, Siri and Google.) Answer: Walter Mondale with Geraldine Ferraro.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am looking for advice on diet pills. I have tried everything. I eat well, go to the gym and walk, but my meniscus problem limits my walking speed. Since menopause, I have gained 30 pounds. I am sure there is something out there that will kick-start my metabolism. I am so de…
With our first, and hopefully last, Quarantine Thanksgiving fast approaching, “Friendsgiving” might be just the socially distanced movie to watch online with family, as long as they don’t mind a bit of “crude sexual content” with their turkey and gravy. The opening scene is probably the wors…
Holiday shopping online is one of our annual rituals, at least for a portion of the gifts we want to buy, but with COVID making in-person shopping too risky, a much larger percentage of us are likely to shop online.
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So far, Nicole Galloway talks a good game. But, as far as the citizens of Clay County are concerned, she does not walk a good game.
Missouri voters should vote “yes” on Amendment 3. A “yes” vote is a chance to correct a mistake made two years ago, but more importantly, a vote necessary to protect Missouri communities, both in the physical sense, and in communities of interest as well.
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Years ago, my father hired a hand to help around the family farm. One day, he asked the young man to clean the detached garage.
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